Reamer



Pueetedoer. 14,1924.

UNITED e ee I. h A 1,511,898 PATENT crates.

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Application fled February 17, 1928. Serial No. 619,764.

' To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL Mmxycitizen; of Russia residing at Portland, in the county of ltiultnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Reamers ofivvhich the following is a specification.

' and to the appended claims of the. reamersifor ad This invention relates enerally to reamers, having more articu ar reference to a reamer with radia y adjustable blades rmitting use. ofthe reamer in holes of di erent diameter and also in undercutting work.

The invention has for an objectto provide-a reamer of the above typeof simple construction and adapted for ready and rapid adjustment of. the blades.

or further comprehension-of the inven-.

tion, and of the ob'ects and advantages thereof, reference wi be had to thefollowe.

in which t e various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a side view of my im roved reamer. 7

ig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary longimg description and accompanying drawings,

. t udinal sectional view thereof.

. Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional view taken on'the line33o f Fig.2.

Fig. 4 is a like view taken on the line 4-4 offFig. 2.

- As here shown my improved reamer com-' Positioned freely'.;in.'the sleeve 12 is a rod '15 which is ofll'ese le than the sleeve and .pro'ects from the' orward end of the latter. e front-'- end "of the red 15 is formed with anoutwardly, flaring conical. head 16 .which is adapted to engage the cutgndiire here shown as be rho-in number 29 in the wall of the passage the sleeve in this position 't be swung into an ofiset from the slot 29.

'vide other offsets beyond the latter, and 'beyondthe conical head 16, also, and are provided with ordinary cutting edges. x

g The rod 15, while free to move Iongitudi nally in the sleeve 14, is held against turning movement with respect to the latter by means of a pin or ke 22 in the sleeve enormed in the rear end of the rod 15 is a threaded socket 25 in which engages a screw 26 swiveled in the sleeve 14-, that is to say positioned therein to permit of turning movement with respect thereto but held against relative longitudinal movement.

For adjustment of the blades 18 so "as to varythe radial spacing of their cutting faces the sleeve 14, carrying with it bodily gagin%in a longitudinal. groove- 23 in the. ro

the rod 15, is moved longitudinally in the passage 12, and to permit of such adjust-- ment manually the sleeve is formed at its rear end with 'a radially projecting arm 28 which extends through a' longitudinal slot When the reamer is intended ior use on one fixed size of work only one of these ofis'ets 12. To lock e arm 28 may 30 need be provided, but where the'reamertis intended for general work I preferably proaced along the slot as indicated in dotted lines in F1g. 1'to receive the arm 28.

To compensate for wear due to shar ning of the blades, and also to permit 0 exact adjustment of the latter, I have'pro vided a means whereby the screw 26 ma be rotated to vary the relative positions 0 the sleeve 14 and rod 15. The screw-26 is here.

shown as formedwithahead- 35 in which are pins 36 ada ted to engage in holes 37 spaced around-t e inner end of a pintle 38 extending longitudinally through the arm 28, which latter is hollow, whereby u on retation of the pintle the screw 26 w be rotated; the pins 36 and holes 37 forming in efl'ect' a crown gear device, as will be apparina circumferential oove 4.1- in t e justment. mg Theseiblades Q. indicated at'18 head 35. Similarly the pintle. 38, may; be

held against longitudinal movement in the a thefront-end 1 am project and. opposite 6 another. I blades are pivoted as at 9 in 1'8 20 in the latter and engaging 111 a circumferential groove-43 in the pintle. The latter may 11:

arm 28 by means of a screw 42 threaded into i and a ro have a head 44 thereon for turning purposes. The arm 28 may be held against displacement from the ofiset 30 by means of a collar 46 threaded on the arm and which may be screwed along the latter to project its forward end into an enlargement 47 of the said ofiset. g

It is believed that the manner of operation and use of my improved reamer will be apparent from the above description and that no further description thereof is needed. It is to be understood that while I have described and shown a preferred embodiment of my invention I do not limit myself in detail thereto and that various changes and modifications might be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope oi the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as vfollows:

1. v A reamer comprising a shank, a pair of cutting blades pivoted thereto, and means for adjustably positioning said blades in a radial direction, said means comprising a sleeve lon 'tudinally' movable in said shank, longitudinally movable in said sleeve, and an arm on said sleeve adapted to move said sleeve and rodbodily in a longitudinal direction, said arm projecting throu h a longitudinal slot in the shank, the

said islet having an oflset into which the.

tenets said arm may be swung to lock the sleeve against longitudinal movement.

2; A reamer comprising a shank, a pair of cutting blades pivoted thereto, and means for adjustably positioning said blades in a radial direction, said 'means comprising a sleeve longitudinally movable in said shank, and a rod longitudinally movable in said sleeve, and an arm on said sleeve adapted to move said sleeve and rod bodily in a longitudinal direction, said arm projecting through a longitudinal slot in the shank, the

said slot having an offset into which the said arm may be swung to lock the sleeve against longitudinal movement, and means for locking said arm in said offset.

3. A reamer comprising a shank formed with an axial passage leading in from the front end thereof, a sleeve slidable in said passage, a rod slidable but non-rotatable in said sleeve, a conical head on the front end of said rod, a pair of cutting blades pivoted to the shank "and having said rod abutting thereagainst, a screw swiveled. in said sleeve and engaging in the rear end of said rod, a hollow handle on said arm projecting througha longitudinal slot in said shank, a pintle'in said handle having a crown gear connection with said screw, said slot having an ofl'set'adapted to receive the said arm, for

i the purpose specified;

In testimony whereof l have affixed my signature.

CARL MAKAY. 

